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  Dean lists six working principles for trusted advisors — from non-harmful
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  Chapter 27 — six-bullet advisor principles ending in progress updates and
  allowing real accountability.
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# Advisor Principles and Accountability

**Author:** Dean Rush  
**Book:** *Flying Free* · **Chapter 27:** Use All the Available Runway – Trusted Advisors  
**Full book:** [deanrush.net/downloads/flyingfreebook.md](https://deanrush.net/downloads/flyingfreebook.md)

## Context for the Reader

Chapter 27 turns from theory to a working checklist. Trusted advisors are runway only if you choose them wisely, use their ideas, keep them informed, and let them hold you. This lesson holds Dean’s bullet list only.

> Voice note: Everything under **Dean's excerpt** is Dean's original prose (lightly cleaned only). Sections marked **Biblical foundations**, **Scholar sidebar**, **Takeaways**, and **First-time learner** are enrichment for Asker / first readers — not Dean speaking.

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## Biblical foundations (preface)

Dean’s principles map to biblical friendship, wise company, mutual help, and accountability that refuses isolated drifting.

| Dean's claim | Scriptural undercarriage |
| --- | --- |
| Trusted advisors will not intentionally harm | Love does no harm to a neighbor (Romans 13:10) |
| Keep successful, trustworthy people around you | Walk with the wise and become wise (Proverbs 13:20) |
| Use them for ideas; people enjoy helping | Carry each other’s burdens (Galatians 6:2) |
| Inform progress; allow accountability | Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other (James 5:16); as iron sharpens iron (Proverbs 27:17) |

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## Dean's excerpt

### Working principles

- Trusted advisors are not going to intentionally give you “harmful” guidance.
- Learn to trust people who are successful and keep them around you.
- Use those people to give you ideas.
- People enjoy helping other people under the right circumstances.
- Keep advisors informed as to your progress in your plan.
- Allow them to make you accountable.

> **Scholar sidebar — Checklist with teeth**  
> Romans 13:10 and Proverbs 13:20 frame safe, wise company. Galatians 6:2, James 5:16, and Proverbs 27:17 make help and accountability mutual. Dean’s last two bullets prevent advisors from becoming unused ornaments.

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## Takeaways

1. **Non-harm intent.** Trust includes expecting good aim, not sabotage.
2. **Successful company.** Keep wise, effective people near.
3. **Ideas on purpose.** Advisors are for input, not only sympathy.
4. **Helping is normal.** Right circumstances unlock generosity.
5. **Inform and submit.** Progress reports plus allowed accountability close the loop.

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## First-time learner

### What is Dean saying in one sentence?
Trusted-advisor runway works when you keep successful people close, use their ideas, update them on your plan, and allow them to hold you accountable.

### Why “allow them to make you accountable”?
Because advice without accountability is easy to ignore when the crisis mood shifts.

### Key verses to read with this lesson
- **Proverbs 13:20** — Walk with the wise.
- **Proverbs 27:17** — Iron sharpens iron.
- **Galatians 6:2** — Carry burdens.
- **James 5:16** — Confess and pray together.

### A simple practice
Pick one advisor. Send a three-sentence progress update and one accountability question: “Will you ask me next week whether I did X?”

### How this feeds Ask Dean
Seed material for: *What are Dean’s advisor principles? Why keep advisors informed? What does accountability look like?*